Book: A.R. RAHMAN - The Spirit of Music

Read "A.R.RAHMAN - The Spirit of Music" today. It is a compendium of conversations that the author Nasreen Munni Kabir had with Rahman over a period of four years, all of it presented in one go (not divided into chapters/ sections per se). Positives:

Though a lot of the information in the book is already available in the public domain, it does carry that "authenticity" as coming straight from Rahman himself
There are ample details around Rahman's thoughts on composing music, on spirituality and on life in general
There is a complete discography at the end of the book covering all of Rahman's work till 2010

Some lines from the book that I really liked:

If you think in terms of success and failure, you can end up becoming too careful and lose the joy of creating music
I think people who stop thinking we're all ordinary people, lose it all. It's very important to stay grounded
Working within your own limitations can bring good results
As life unfolds itself to a man, the first lesson it teaches is humility; the first thing that comes to man's vision is his own limitedness

Let downs: This book is touted as an official biography, but the way it is, I am not really sure if it can be called one. The Q&A format is fine, but it doesn't give the book a flow. There is really not much additional information on Rahman apart from what his fans already know about him from the public domain or from his fans email group.